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York: Obama Can Treat Media with Contempt Since He Knows They'll Always Be 'On His Side'

By

Brent Baker

May 26, 2010 - 1:14am

The Washington press corps "have only themselves to blame" for
President Obama refusing to answer their questions at White House
events, exemplified by how he hasn't held a press conference in ten
months, Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York
contended in his Tuesday column, "Fawning press now gets cold shoulder from Obama[1]."

After all, "Obama treats them with contempt because he knows that
when big tests come, they've always been on his side. There's no
reason for him to think they won't be there in the future." York
recalled:

"Most of you covered me," he told the media elite at the
2009 White House Correspondents' Association dinner. "All of you voted
for me." That's the attitude coming out of the Oval Office every day.
Why does Obama do it? Because he can.

York echoed what Rich Lowry, Editor of the National Review where York
used to toil, observed on FNC's Fox Newswatch over the weekend: Obama
has "contempt" for the Washington press corps, so "it's always been
an unrequited one-way love affair."

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